The General History of Byzantium,a monumental four-volume work authored collaboratively by Chinese scholars,represents a milestone in the development of Byzantine studies in China.This achievement is rooted in the fie...
As the greatest lyric poet of the 20th century,Yeats fully expresses his pursuit of eternal spiritual home in his poem“Sailing to Byzantium”.This paper analyzes the text and discusses how the poet strives to pursue ...
Byzantium is an ancient city founded by Greeks. In 330, Constantine I rebuilt the city, named it Constantinople and made it his capital. In the fifth and sixth centuries, it was not only the capital of Eastern Roman E...
This paper attempts to analyze the symbolism that is embodied in"Sailing to Byzantium"and to further understand the spiritual freedom W. B. Yeats expressed in the poem. Studying the contrasts of the symbols and the et...
Director Neil Jordan's 2013 film Byzantium is a vampire narrative with a female empowerment theme that attains the status of Irish neomyth. Although much of the story takes place in England, the vampires originate in...
"Sailing to Byzantium"is one of the most famous poems written by Yeats in 1928.It’s a poem of ottava rima,including4 stanzas.Byzantium usually means eastern Roman Empire in middle century,with the capital Constantino...